today is 21 september. five years ago, on a gorgeous sunny day in seattle, richard and i got married. it was a perfect wedding and a marriage i am proud to be in.
the traditional gift for a fifth anniversary is wood, so to celebrate this year, i decided to buy richard an adirondack chair because he loved them when we visited cape cod last month.
i did some research online and found a company that made and sold them here in the uk. one week later, before i placed an order for the chair, richard sent me the same link and said he was planning to buy two.
i changed my plan. i decided to buy richard a hedgehog house. it is smaller, but still a nice wooden gift, and i knew rich liked the one we bought his mum for christmas a couple of years ago. i got as far as turning down the corner of the page in the nature catalogue i was going to order from, when we visited a garden centre. richard walked up, carrying a hedgehog house in his hand. i tried to convince him he didn't need to buy it, but he could not be dissuaded. "don't worry," he said. "it's small and you won't even notice it at the bottom of the garden."
my third idea was the bench, which is now sitting in our back garden under a tree. richard has had his eye on these benches for years, and i found one online and placed an order before i could change my mind. when we visted the garden centre again last week, i steered richard away from their bench section, but he still saw it and said "you know, i still like those curved benches...." he looked at it longingly before i virtually dragged him away.
to know richard is to love him, and i know him well. happy anniversary rich!
Happy Anniversary! In honor of your anniversary, it is again a beautiful sunny day here in Seattle.
Posted by: Michelle | September 21, 2007 at 11:16 PM